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Common and Russell Simmons spoke with conviction on the steps of New York City’s City Hall alongside activists, protesters, and fellow artists on Wednesday morning (December 10). Their message was simple, there needs to be major changes implemented to the race-based policing culture not just in the Big Apple, but across the each of the States.

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Besides Janice Dickinson, none of Bill Cosby’s accusers have submitted any inkling of proof to coincide with their shocking claims of sexual abuse.

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Details have emerged that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) did far more clandestine work than previously thought. While it came out earlier this year the agency tried to implement a “Cuban Twitter,” it also tried to use Hip-Hop to overthrow Cuba‘s government.

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Sony Pictures co-chair Amy Pascal, studio exec Clint Culpepper and Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton had an email exchange pertaining to funny man Kevin Hart, whose steadily climbing the success ladder thanks to his string of Sony Pictures films.

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Apple’s iPod Classic’s are selling for as much as $900, which is over $650 above the original retail price. The discontinued digital music player is seeing resurgence thanks to its enormous storage capacity and scarcity, immediately making it one of the retro items that came back in 2014.

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After dedicating much of 2014 to the development of Ear Drummers Records, its founder Mike WiLL Made It will close out the year with a bang with the Ransom mixtape. Due to release on December 15, the hit-making producer unveiled the official tracklist.

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Lil’ Kim and K. Michelle are at a war of words of some sort. And the Queen Bee is not at all pleased with the singer (repeatedly) alleging she was asked to be the godmother of Kim’s firstborn.

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The sad tale of Ray J’s now ex-girlfriend, Princess Love, allegedly becoming suicidal after their break up just got a crazy plot twist. Reportedly, it was Ray J working with Chris Brown’s ex-girlfriend Karrueche Tran that made Love threaten to end her own life. 

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Barack Obama isn’t the only politician Hova has on the text. Yesterday (Dec. 10), Jay Z met with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to discuss reforming the criminal justice system in the wake of the death of Eric Garner. 

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Not everyone was fortunate enough to make it out to this year’s TriBeca Film Festival where Nas’ Time Is Illmatic made its grand premiere. Luckily, Showtime’s picked up the 74-minute film and is slated to air it this coming Friday.

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Amid the collective success of Rich Gang, Rich Homie Quan also experienced great traction as a solo artist due to tracks like “Blah Blah Blah,” which receives an official remix today.

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On Wednesday night (December 10), J. Cole, whose 2014 Forrest Hills Drive album is now in stores, promoted his latest body of work with a performance on Late Show with David Letterman. But given recent racial injustices and lack of indictments in the respective deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner at the hands of police, the MC […]